A New Look at Life

It is incredible how much of an impact one night can have on your life, for tonight reinforced all the gifts I know the Lord has given, but which I have kept under wraps for so long. I accredit my rediscovery to the incredible relationships I have with my brothers, and my friends here in Rockford. Someone expressed a lot of wisdom in the book named for the song "Live Like You Were Dying," saying that however imperfect our friends here are, we must accept them for who they are and treasure them despite their problems and issues. God is good to have given us the opportunities to have such relationships. Who would have thought that it would take a New Year's celebration to awaken me to the blessings He has placed in my life. Despite all the difficulties I have in dealing with all of my friends, I know that they love me, that they enjoy being with me, and that I feel exactly the same way. The power in that realization has overcome any uncertainty I feel in life right now, because even though I may fall, I know that they will always be there to pick me up. I owe a thanks to my mom and dad though too for having given me the opportunity to experience a bit of what it must feel like to be a parent. And Aunt Molly as always spreads her abundant love and unique personality to further warm the house and the celebration. Thank you to all of you who were here tonight, for all you have been to me in my short life, for all that we will be for one another in this new year to come, and for all we will ever be to one another. It has truly been a privilege and a blessing. May God bless and keep you all, for always!!!